Car has died overnight. After performing engine check the dash reads "electronic stability failure contact service" I've only had it a month and had a diagnostics test ran on it before I purchased. Only fault was a wiring relay thing which was repaired. Had new battery fitted too. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
When this message comes on: electronic stability failure contact service it means there's a trouble code stored in the computer. Get the trouble codes read and then you'll have a starting point. Impossible to guess without the codes. See this post on stability control
How does electronic stability control work Ricks Free Auto Repair Advice
SOURCE: glow plugs electronic stability programme warning lights vw passat
most of the new cars with such computer system to control the engine and other functions , such as brakes, anti-freeze level, that why the light on and tell you that you should watch out certain things, you still can drive the car, but you have to go to the dealer and let them check you car and reset the computer system and then all the light will be off.
SOURCE: glow plugs electronic stability programme warning lights vw passat
Check to see are your brake light working! if not you have a faulty brake light switch - 10 min repair job at your local VW service centre. With no brake lights you'll need to get it seen to ASAP!!
SOURCE: 4 Faults detected on engine diagnostics check
Try first unplugging battery cable for ten minutuse, to reset ECM, and do a scan again, there are too many unrelated error codes at the same time
SOURCE: 2001 volvo s60 t5 - performance reduced warning message, limp mode activated
I had exactly the same problem on my UK 2001 S60.
It was caused by the throttle control housing gaskets not being serviced properly and consequently the entire housing had to be replaced - not a cheap job -and a valuable lesson learned - use a reputable volvo specialist to service your volvo - I didn't and I learnt the hard why! only a volvo specilaist would have known about this I went to several other main street garages & none of them could even diagnose the problem let alone fix it. Although they did do numerous other things first before they gave up - ie replaced titanium spark plugs.
Before it stoppped running altogther and went into "limp home mode" there were tell-tale engine/throttle surges when the car was idle, but in gear.
It is now running "like new" & I will never get another garage to service it, as this could have been avoided - however they can also wear out after about 10years - so my bad services just made it happen sooner!
I hope this helps!
SOURCE: ''check electronic throttle system''
ITS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE ACTUATOR,THE ARE 4 THROTTLE POSITION SENSORS ON IT. IT WORKS IN CORRELATION WITH THE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR ON YOUR ACCELERATOR PEDAL. IF THERE IS A DISCREPENCY BETWEEN THE TWO SIGNALS ITS DISPLAYS THAT MSG. IM CURRENTLY FIXING BROKEN WIRES IN A WIRING HARNESS ON A 2005 NAVIGATOR WITH THE SAME ISSUE.TAKE IT TO A GOOD SHOP TO BE DIAGNOSED.THOMAS IS A TARD WHO KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT AUTOMOTIVE
Hello
When the service engine
soon light a yellow/orange light (Also called the check engine light or
engine management light) is turned on this is to alert you to the
fact that Powertrain Control Module (computer) has detected a
failure somewhere in the systems it controls you may not feel any
difference in the way the engine runs, this can be the transmission
or the engine or emission system, there are fault codes set in the
modules memory for these faults. What needs to happen now is to have
the powertrain control module scanned with a special tool called an
OBD2 electronic engine control scanner or a OBD2 code reader. Once
the code(s) are read then you must perform the diagnostics for each
code and make the appropriate repairs based on the findings of the
diagnosis that was performed, this is called doing "Pinpoint"
testing.
Hello
When the service engine
soon light (Also called the check engine light or engine management
light) is turned on this is to alert you to the fact that Powertrain
Control Module (computer) has detected a failure somewhere in the
systems it controls you may not feel any difference in the way the
engine runs, this can be the transmission or the engine or emission
system, there are fault codes set in the modules memory for these
faults. What needs to happen now is to have the powertrain control
module scanned with a special tool called an OBD2 electronic engine
control scanner or a OBD2 code reader. Once the code(s) are read then
you must perform the diagnostics for each code and make the
appropriate repairs based on the findings of the diagnosis that was
performed, this is called doing "Pinpoint" testing.
Hello
When the service engine
soon light (Also called the check engine light or engine management
light) is turned on this is to alert you to the fact that Powertrain
Control Module (computer) has detected a failure somewhere in the
systems it controls you may not feel any difference in the way the
engine runs, this can be the transmission or the engine or emission
system, there are fault codes set in the modules memory for these
faults. What needs to happen now is to have the powertrain control
module scanned with a special tool called an OBD2 electronic engine
control scanner or a OBD2 code reader. Once the code(s) are read then
you must perform the diagnostics for each code and make the
appropriate repairs based on the findings of the diagnosis that was
performed, this is called doing "Pinpoint" testing.
Hello
When the service engine
soon light (Also called the check engine light) is turned on this is
to alert you to the fact that Powertrain Control Module (computer)
has detected a failure somewhere in the systems it controls, this can
be the transmission or the engine or emission system, there are fault
codes set in the modules memory for these faults. What needs to
happen now is to have the powertrain control module scanned with a
special tool called an OBD2 electronic engine control scanner or a
OBD2 code reader. Once the code(s) are read then you must perform the
diagnostics for each code and make the appropriate repairs based on
the findings of the diagnosis that was performed, this is called
doing "Pinpoint" testing.
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